Word: greta
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Greta Zwenge grows up her father's child. For her, quality. She admires, loves, the dignified young composer, Karl Bleicher, who has brought here the Crucifixion theme of his forefathers, yet incomplete. He loves her, with the old reserve...
...sweeps the speed of the growing city . . . George Gewurtz, a lusty young contractor. Frau Zwenge smells the soundness of his bricks and mortar?his automobile, real estate, immediacy. Karl Bleicher is behind the rushing times and Greta is pushed, swept off into George's arms...
Some years are brushed in. George is a rich builder, with mistresses and a stolid sense of shame. Greta, apart, spiritualizes her grief the more deeply now that Karl is a ragtime king. But her daughter Karoline is Karl's spiritually, almost physically. He gives her music lessons...
...Greta, tortured, repeats, "It cannot be," until the shadows sharpen and the colors burn and they all come together about a table to hear the truth...
...poster is shaded and filled, not teased, into a powerful fresco on the walls of Manhattan and of life. Karl sees Greta again in her daughter. The girl has found her lover, just such a penniless composer as Karl once was. But the older man is prestige, comfort, immediacy and she accepts him. Frau Zwenge applauds, on that practical side as before. The old grandfather is glad, having loved Karl. George Gewurtz is for it, seeking to force an issue he has long suspected: the truth about Karoline's paternity...